Anti-snore bedding having adjustable portions

ABSTRACT

An adjustable bed includes a stationary frame, a first head deck mattress support member supported by the frame, a second seat deck mattress support member supported by the frame and pivotally coupled to the head deck mattress support member, a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring, and a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to the sensor assembly and to the first mattress support member. The adjustable bed may be such that detection of the snoring sound actuates the motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of the first mattress support member with respect to the second mattress support member. The sensor assembly may further be adapted to recognize a sound associated with snoring of a particular person and actuation of the motorized drive assembly may move the first mattress support member between an inclined position and a horizontal flat position. The sensor assembly may further be adapted, after cessation of the snoring sound for a specific length of time, to return the first mattress support member to the horizontal flat position.

This is a Reissue of application Ser. No. 11/618,103, filed on Dec. 29,2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,522,062.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to bedding products. More specifically, itis directed to a bed adapted to stop the snoring of a person sleepingthereon.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Various ways have been developed to prevent snoring. Snoring may disturbpersons sleeping in the same room or on the same bed as the personsnoring. From time to time snoring can become so loud that it may evenawaken the snoring person or others in the same room or bed. Some maydeal with a snorer by waking him/her up to cause the snoring to stop,but this causes the snorer's sleep to be interrupted. Furthermore, aftergoing back to sleep, snoring may start again, often shortly afterwards.

Snoring may occur when soft tissue in the back of a person's mouthrelaxes during sleep, especially when a person sleeps on his or herback. The relaxation of the tissue may partially block the airway, whichcauses the body of the person to react by breathing harder, which inturn causes vibration of the tissue that results in a snoring sound. Insome cases it has been determined that the snoring sounds do not occurif and as long as the person concerned sleeps in a particular position,such as lying on his or her side. Fewer people tend to snore when lyingon their side, as the soft tissue may not obstruct the airway in thesame manner as when the person is lying on his or her back.

Several devices have sought to address the above problem. German PatentNo. 1198005, for example, teaches a device including a padded boardhaving the same length as the upper part of a person's body and whichmay be hinged along the longitudinal axis of the board. The board may beequipped with a locking device that locks the part of the board that canbe lifted up at an angle of between 60 degrees and 90 degrees. Such adevice may be equipped at both ends with loops through which one leg andone arm are disposed so that the sleeping person is forced into the sideposition by the part that is lifted up. This type of device, however,may not be conducive to restful sleep since the sleeping person ispinned in a side position and is not able to turn around.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,089,130 teaches a device adapted to be mounted on a bedin which the head of the sleeping person is put on a head support thatcan be tilted and is equipped with a vibrator. Snoring sounds aredetected by a microphone and are fed as a control signal to a controlsystem that then activates the vibrator. By actuation of the vibrator,the head of the sleeping person is shaken up and down so that he/shewakes up, thereby causing the snoring to cease. Such a device also hasthe disadvantage of interrupting the sleep of the person, often numeroustimes throughout the night.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,788,533 teaches a device for interrupting the snoring ofa sleeping person as soon as the snoring begins. The device includes amicrophone which picks up the snoring noise emitted by an individual andcompares the intensity of the snoring noise detected by the microphoneto a threshold level. In the event the detected noise is above thethreshold, a sound device is actuated which does not awaken the subjectbut does subconsciously cause a change in behavior in the subject.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,848,360 discloses a device for preventing the snoring ofa sleeping person which again does not wake the person. The deviceincludes a box having a microphone which picks up the snoring noiseemitted by an individual and filters out other sounds. In the event thesnoring continues for more than a specified period of time, i.e. thirtyseconds, a vibrator is actuated which does not awaken the subject butdoes influence him/her to change his or her sleeping position.

The use of these devices does not provide that the snorer will changehis or her sleeping position to stop the snoring without waking thesnorer. Therefore there is a need for a bedding product and associatedmethod suitable to stop a person's snoring by changing his or hersleeping position without substantially disturbing his/her sleep.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

These and other problems in the prior art are addressed by thisinvention which, in one embodiment, includes an adjustable bed having astationary frame, a first head deck mattress support member supported bythe frame, a second seat deck mattress support member supported by theframe and pivotally coupled to the head deck mattress member, a sensorassembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring, and amotorized drive assembly operatively coupled to the sensor assembly andto the first mattress member. The adjustable bed may be such thatdetection of the snoring sound actuates the motorized drive assemblythereby causing relative movement of the first mattress member withrespect to the second mattress member.

The sensor assembly may further be adapted to recognize a soundassociated with snoring of a particular person and actuation of themotorized drive assembly may move the first mattress member between aninclined position and a horizontal flat position.

In one aspect of the invention, an adjustable bed may include a firstmattress member having a first edge, a second mattress member having asecond edge generally parallel to and adjacent the first edge, and apivotal coupling of the first and second mattress members along thefirst edge. In another aspect of the invention, the relative movement ofthe first mattress member with respect to the second mattress member mayinclude incremental relative movements.

In another embodiment, an adjustable bed may include a stationary frame,a first head deck mattress support member supported by the frame, atleast one other mattress support member supported by the frame beingpivotally coupled to the first mattress support member, a sensorassembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring, and amotorized drive assembly operatively coupled to the sensor assembly andto the first mattress support member. The adjustable bed may be suchthat detection of the snoring sound actuates the motorized driveassembly thereby causing relative movement of the first mattress supportmember with respect to the at least one other mattress support member.

The adjustable bed in this embodiment may be such that the firstmattress support member includes a first edge, one of the other mattresssupport members includes a second edge generally parallel to andadjacent the first edge, and such that the first mattress support memberand one other mattress support member are pivotally coupled along thefirst edge.

Advantageously, the embodiments herein described provide an adjustablebed suitable to stop a person's snoring by changing the relativepositions of one or more mattress members thereby causing cessation ofthe snoring without disturbing the sleep of the person sleeping on thebed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other objectives and advantages will become readily apparentto those of ordinary skill in the art from the following description ofembodiments of the invention and from the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an adjustable bed made in accordancewith the principles of this invention in a fully inclined positionsupporting a mattress shown in phantom.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the adjustable bed of FIG. 1without the mattress and in a fully horizontal position.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the adjustable bed of FIG. 1without the mattress and in a fully inclined position; and

FIG. 4 is a disassembled exploded perspective view of the adjustable bedof FIG. 1 without the mattress.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring to the drawings, particularly to FIGS. 1-2, an exemplarybedding product in the form of an adjustable bed 10 includes a mattress12 that can be of any conventional type such as an air mattress, a coilspring mattress or any other type of mattress. Similarly, the adjustablebed 10 may be any conventional adjustable bed, such as that described inU.S. Pat. No. 7,093,312, the disclosure of which is herein incorporatedby reference in its entirety.

With reference to FIG. 2, the adjustable bed 10 is movable between afully horizontal position and a fully inclined position (FIG. 1). Anoperator or user may sleep with the adjustable bed 10 generally in itsfully horizontal position, in the fully inclined position, or in anyposition therebetween.

The adjustable bed 10 may comprise a base 14 including a generallyrectangular stationary frame 16 and four legs 18 supporting the frame 16a fixed distance about a floor or supporting surface 20. The stationaryframe 16 comprises a pair of opposed side rails 22 and a pair of opposedend rails 24 extending between the side rails 22 at the ends thereof.The end rails 24 include a head rail 26 and a foot rail 28. The legs 18may be secured to the end rails 24 or may alternatively be secured tothe side rails 22.

With reference to FIGS. 2-3, an articulated deck 30 is spaced above thestationary frame 16 with a plurality of connectors 32. The articulateddeck 30 comprises a head deck board 34, a seat deck board 36, a leg deckboard 38 and a foot deck board 40. The deck boards may be of equal widthbut any two deck boards may alternatively be of different widths. Deckboards 34, 36, 38 and 40 have upper surfaces 35, 37, 39 and 41,respectively, and lower surfaces 43, 45, 47 and 49, respectively.

The head deck board 34 is hingedly secured to the seat deck board 36with hinges 42, in turn secured to the lower surfaces 43, 45 of the headand seat deck boards 34, 36, respectively. Similarly, seat deck board 36is hingedly secured to leg deck board 38 with hinges 44, in turn securedto the lower surfaces 45, 47 of the seat and leg deck boards 36, 38,respectively. Leg deck board 38 is hingedly secured to foot deck board40 with hinges 46, in turn secured to the lower surfaces 47, 49 of theleg and foot deck boards 38, 40, respectively. Although two hinges 42are shown (FIGS. 1-4) securing the head deck board 34 to the seat deckboard 36, any number of hinges may alternatively be used including onecontinuous hinge. The same applies to hinges 44 and 46 connecting theother deck boards. The deck boards 34, 36, 38 and 40 may be made ofplywood, or may alternatively comprise plastic, oriented strand board orany other suitable material. As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 4, the headdeck board 34 may include a rectangular aperture 50 or an aperture ofany suitable shape therein which may be used as a handle.

With continued reference to FIGS. 2-3, the adjustable bed 10 furthercomprises connectors 32 in the form of inverted U-shaped foot tubes 52.The adjustable bed 10 has two foot tubes 52 pivotally secured to theside rails 22 of the stationary frame 16 with fasteners 53 so that eachpivots about a horizontal pivot axis 54. Each foot tube 52 has a centerportion 56 and a pair of leg portions 58 extending downwardly fromopposed ends of the center portion 56. The center portion 56 of each ofthe foot tubes 52 is secured to the foot deck board 40 with clips 60.Clips 60 are each secured to the lower surface 49 of the foot deck board40. Although each foot tube 52 is illustrated being secured to two clips60, any other methods and/or components for securing the foot tubes 52to the foot deck board 40 may alternatively be used.

Two seat tubes or connectors 62 are pivotally secured to the side rails22 of the stationary frame 16 with fasteners 63 so that each pivotsabout a horizontal pivot axis 64. Each seat tube 62 has a center portion66 and a pair of leg portions 68 extending downwardly from opposed endsof the center portion 66. The center portion 66 of each of the foottubes 62 is secured to the seat deck board 36 with clips 70. Clips 70are secured to the lower surface 45 of the seat deck board 36. Althougheach seat tube 62 is illustrated being secured to two clips 70, anyother methods and/or components for securing the seat tubes 62 to theseat deck board 36 may alternatively be used.

With reference to FIGS. 2-4, two stops 72 are each secured to the insidesurfaces of the side rails 22 of the frame 16 to prevent the seat tubes62 from moving too far forwardly i.e. towards the head end of the bed.Similarly, two stops 74 are each secured to the inside surfaces of theside rails 22 of the frame 16 to prevent the foot tubes 52 from movingtoo far rearward i.e. towards the foot end of the bed. The articulateddeck 30 may be moved by a motorized drive assembly 76 between a fullyhorizontal position (FIG. 2) in which the deck boards 34, 36, 38 and 40are generally co-planar in a horizontal position or orientation and afully inclined position (FIG. 3). In the fully inclined position, thehead deck board 34 is inclined, the seat deck board 36 is substantiallyhorizontal, the leg deck board 36 inclined and the foot deck board 40slightly inclined. When the articulated deck 30 is in its fullyhorizontal position (FIG. 2), two braces 8, each secured to the headrail 26 of the frame 18 and extending upwardly therefrom, support thehead deck board 34 of the articulated deck 30.

With reference to FIG. 4, the motorized drive assembly 76 (showndisassembled) may comprise two lever arms 78 pivotally secured at theirrespective lower ends 80 to the side rails 22 of the frame 16 such thateach of the lever arms 78 pivots about a horizontal pivot axis 79. Thelever arms 78 may have a fixed length. The upper ends 82 of the leverarms 78 are secured to brackets 84 which are, in turn, secured to thelower surface 43 of the head deck board 34. An electric motor 86 issecured to one of the lever arms 78. Alternatively, the electric motor86 may be secured to the head deck board 34 or to any other suitablelocation or surface. The electric motor 86 maybe may be one of anysuitable type, such as one manufactured by German manufacturerHettich-Franke GmbH under the model designation Mosys Classic 1.61.03.

The output of the electric motor 86 drives or rotates a drive tube 88that extends between the upper ends 82 of the lever arms 78. Theelectric motor 86 may be powered by a power supply 96 and may becontrolled via a sensor assembly including, for example, a microphone100 coupled to a processor 90. The power supply 96, microphone 100 andthe processor 90 may be electrically powered, via respectiveconnections, to a power source such as one in the form of a wall outlet120. The electric motor 86 may be further controlled via a remote unit130 coupled to a control unit 92 with a line 94.

With continued reference to FIG. 4, microphone 100 is suitably selectedand configured to detect and distinguish sounds such as those producedby conventional human snoring. Microphone 100 may be positionedproximate adjustable bed 10 or at any other suitable location such thatit may detect sounds made by a person (not shown) lying on the mattress12 (FIG. 1). Processor 90 is suitably connected to microphone 100 suchthat processor 90 may receive a signal from microphone 100 and send,when a specific set of logic conditions is met, a signal or set ofsignals, such as an electric signal, to the electric motor 86. Suchsignal may be sent directly to the electric motor 86 or mayalternatively be sent via control unit 92, as depicted in FIG. 4.

With reference to FIGS. 2-3, in operation starting from the fullyhorizontal position of the adjustable bed 10 shown in FIG. 2 in whichthe articulated deck 30 is generally horizontal, the microphone 100 orsimilar device detects a sound corresponding to snoring coming from aperson sleeping on the adjustable bed 10. The signal is processed by theprocessor 90, which recognizes the sound and sends a signal to theelectric motor 86, as described above, thereby actuating the motor 86.Activation of the motor 86 rotates the drive tube 88 which causes thelever arms 78 of the drive assembly 76 to rotate or pivot abouthorizontal axis 79 at the lower ends 80 of the lever arms 78 i.e. wherethe lever arms 78 are pivotally secured to the side rails 22 of theframe 18. Thus, the head deck board 34 moves from its fully horizontalposition (FIG. 2) to a second position (not shown) between the firsthorizontal position and the fully inclined position (FIG. 3) in whichthe head edge 102 of the head deck board 34 is above the rear edge 104of the head deck board 34. The transition from the fully horizontalposition to the second position may induce the snoring person to changesleeping positions, thereby causing the snoring to stop.

The processor 90 may be configured to cause actuation of the electricmotor 86 in one direction so as to cause the change in positiondescribed above from the fully horizontal position (FIG. 2) to aposition between the fully horizontal position (FIG. 2) and the fullyinclined position (FIG. 3). The processor 90 may be further configuredsuch that, upon detection of a sound corresponding to human snoring, itwill first detect the position of the head deck board 34 such that, iffor example the head deck board 34 is in the second position, it willactuate the motor 86 to cause movement of the head deck board 34 fromthe second position to the fully horizontal position (FIG. 2) or to thefully inclined position (FIG. 3). Similarly, the processor 90 may beconfigured such that, upon detection of a sound corresponding to humansnoring, it will first detect the position of the head deck board 34 andcause it to move from such position to any other position between thefully horizontal position (FIG. 2) and the fully inclined position (FIG.3).

With continued reference to FIGS. 23 2-3, the processor 90 may be alsoconfigured such that after a predetermined length of time withoutdetected snoring, it causes the head deck board 34 to return from anystarting position between the fully horizontal position (FIG. 2) and thefully inclined position (FIG. 3) back to the fully horizontal position(FIG. 2). Processor 90 may also be configured or “taught”, viacomponents and methods known in the art, to recognize the snoring soundassociated with a particular person, such that it will cause actuationof the electric motor 86 only when snoring from such particular personis detected.

Movement of the head deck board 34 between the fully horizontal position(FIG. 2) and the fully inclined position (FIG. 3) may be also achievedvia manual actuation of the remote unit 130. Remote unit 130 may befurther configured such that it can cause movement of the head deckboard 34 between any starting position and any desired ending positionbetween and including the fully horizontal position (FIG. 2) and thefully inclined position (FIG. 3). A user of the adjustable bed 10 may,therefore, be able, for example, to move the bed 10 from any startingposition to the fully inclined position (FIG. 3). In such exemplarymotion, as the head deck board 34 inclines, the person using the bed 10may lean forward causing the rear edge 104 of the head deck board 34 tomove towards the head end of the bed, causing or pulling the seat deckboard 36 horizontally towards the head end of the bed. The seat deckboard 36 also lowers due to the connectors 32 and more particularly, theseat tubes 62 pivoting about horizontal pivot axes 64 in acounterclockwise direction as shown in FIGS. 2-3.

With continued reference to FIGS. 2-3, as the seat deck board 36 movesdownwardly and towards the head end of the bed, the leg deck board 38moves or is pulled from its fully horizontal position (FIG. 2) to itsfully inclined position (FIG. 3). In this fully inclined position, thefront edge 106 of the leg deck board 38 is lower than the rear edge 108of the leg deck board 38. This movement of the leg deck board 38 causesor pulls the foot deck board 40 towards the head end of the bed as theconnectors 32 and in particular the foot tubes 52 are pivoted abouthorizontal pivot axes 54 in a counterclockwise direction. In its fullyinclined position (FIG. 3), the front edge 110 of the foot deck board 40is higher than the rear edge 112 of the foot deck board 40.

The adjustable bed 10 may be also moved from its fully inclined position(FIG. 3), in which the front edge 102 of the head deck board 34 is abovethe rear edge 104 of the head deck board 34, back to its fullyhorizontal position (FIG. 2) via use of the motorized drive assembly 76along with the person using the bed 10 shifting his or her weightbackwardly.

Accordingly, many further embodiments, applications and modifications ofthe invention will become readily apparent to those of ordinary skill inthe art without departing from the scope of the invention which isintended to be defined by the claims appended hereto.

What is claimed is:
 1. An adjustable bed comprising: a stationary frame;a first head deck mattress support member supported by said frame; asecond seat deck mattress support member supported by said frame andpivotally coupled to said first mattress support member; a sensorassembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring; and amotorized drive assembly operatively coupled to said sensor assembly andto said first mattress support member; wherein detection of said snoringsound actuates said motorized drive assembly thereby causing relativemovement of said first mattress support member with respect to saidsecond mattress support member along a transverse axis of the adjustablebed, between a horizontal flat position and an inclined position.
 2. Theadjustable bed of claim 1 wherein said sensor assembly is furtheradapted to recognize a sound associated with snoring of a particularperson.
 3. The adjustable bed of claim 1 wherein said motorized driveassembly is secured to said frame.
 4. The adjustable bed of claim 1wherein said motorized assembly comprises an electric motor.
 5. Theadjustable bed of claim 1 wherein: said first mattress support membercomprises a first edge; said second mattress support member comprises asecond edge generally parallel to and adjacent said first edge; and saidfirst and second mattress support members are pivotally coupled alongsaid first edge.
 6. The adjustable bed of claim 1 wherein said relativemovement comprises incremental relative movements of said first mattresssupport member with respect to said second mattress support member. 7.The adjustable bed of claim 1 further comprising a leg deck mattresssupport member pivotally coupled to said second seat deck mattresssupport member.
 8. The adjustable bed of claim 7 further comprising afoot deck mattress support member pivotally coupled to said leg deckmattress support member.
 9. The adjustable bed of claim 8 furthercomprising a remote control unit configured to control relative movementof said first head deck mattress support member with respect to saidsecond mattress support member.
 10. The adjustable bed of claim 8wherein said seat deck mattress support member, said leg deck mattresssupport member and said foot deck mattress support member each movetoward said head deck mattress support member when said head deckmattress support member is inclined.
 11. The adjustable bed of claim 1wherein said motorized drive assembly comprises a processor operative toreceive a signal from said sensor and when a specific set of logicconditions are met, send a signal to said motorized drive assembly,thereby to cause relative movement of said first mattress supportmember.
 12. An adjustable bed comprising: a stationary frame; a firsthead deck mattress support member supported by said frame; at least oneother mattress support member supported by said frame, said at least oneother mattress support member being pivotally coupled to said firstmattress support member; a sensor assembly adapted to detect a soundassociated with human snoring; and a motorized drive assemblyoperatively coupled to said sensor assembly and to said first mattresssupport member; wherein detection of said snoring sound actuates saidmotorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of said firstmattress support member with respect to said at least one other mattresssupport member along a transverse axis of the adjustable bed, between ahorizontal flat position and an inclined position.
 13. The adjustablebed of claim 12 wherein said motorized drive assembly comprises aprocessor operative to receive a signal from said sensor and when aspecific set of logic conditions are met, send a signal to saidmotorized drive assembly, thereby to cause relative movement of saidfirst mattress support member.
 14. The adjustable bed of claim 12wherein said sensor assembly is further adapted to recognize a soundassociated with snoring of a particular person.
 15. The adjustable bedof claim 12 wherein said motor assembly is secured to said frame. 16.The adjustable bed of claim 12 wherein said motorized assembly comprisesan electric motor.
 17. The adjustable bed of claim 12 wherein: saidfirst mattress support member comprises a first edge; one of said atleast one other support mattress member comprises a second edgegenerally parallel to and adjacent said first edge; and said firstmattress support member and said one of said at least one other mattresssupport member are pivotally coupled along said first edge.
 18. Theadjustable bed of claim 12 wherein said relative movement comprisesincremental relative movements of said first mattress support memberwith respect to said at least one other mattress support member.
 19. Theadjustable bed of claim 12 further comprising a remote control unitconfigured to control relative movement of said first head deck mattresssupport member with respect to said at least one other mattress supportmember.
 20. The adjustable bed of claim 12 wherein the detection by saidsensor assembly of the cessation of said snoring sound for apredetermined length of time activates said motorized drive assembly tocause said first mattress support member to be moved back from aninclined position to a horizontal flat position.
 21. An adjustable bedcomprising: a stationary frame having a pair of opposed side rails, ahead end rail and a foot end rail; a pair of generally inverted U-shapedfoot tubes pivotally secured to said side rails of said frame; a pair ofgenerally inverted U-shaped seat tubes pivotally secured to said siderails of said frame; a head deck board; a seat deck board secured tosaid seat tubes and hingedly secured to said head deck board; a leg deckboard hingedly secured to said seat deck board; a foot deck boardhingedly secured to said leg deck board and secured to said foot tubes;a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with humansnoring; and a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to saidsensor assembly and comprising a pair of lever arms pivotally secured tosaid side rails of said frame and a motor secured to one of the leverarms for rotating a drive tube extending between the lever arms, saidlever arms being operatively coupled to said head deck board, whereinactivation of said motorized drive assembly causes movement of at leastone of said deck boards, wherein detection of said snoring soundactuates said motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movementof said head deck board with respect to said seat deck board along atransverse axis of the adjustable bed, between a horizontal flatposition and an inclined position.
 22. The adjustable bed of claim 21wherein said sensor assembly is further adapted to recognize a soundassociated with snoring of a particular person.
 23. The adjustable bedof claim 21 wherein said relative movement comprises incrementalrelative movements of said head deck board with respect to said seatdeck board.
 24. The adjustable bed of claim 21 further comprising aremote control unit configured to control relative movement of said headdeck board with respect to said seat deck board.
 25. The adjustable bedof claim 21 wherein said motorized drive assembly comprises a processoroperative to receive a signal from said sensor assembly and when aspecific set of logic conditions is met, send a signal to said motorizeddrive assembly, thereby to cause relative movement of said head deckboard.
 26. The adjustable bed of claim 21 wherein the detection by saidsensor assembly of cessation of said snoring sound for a predeterminedlength of time activates said motorized drive assembly to cause saidhead deck board to be moved back from the inclined position to thehorizontal flat position.
 27. The adjustable bed of claim 21 whereinsaid seat deck board moves towards said head end rail and lowers whensaid head deck board is inclined.
 28. The adjustable bed of claim 21wherein said seat deck board, said leg deck board and said foot deckboard each moves toward said head end rail when said head deck board isinclined.
 29. An adjustable bed comprising: a stationary frame having apair of opposed side rails, a head end rail and a foot end rail; a pairof generally inverted U-shaped seat tubes pivotally secured to said siderails of said frame; a head deck board; a seat deck board secured tosaid seat tubes and hingedly secured to said head deck board; a sensorassembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring; and amotorized drive assembly operatively coupled to said sensor assembly andcomprising a pair of lever arms pivotally secured to said side rails ofsaid frame and a motor secured to one of the lever arms for rotating adrive tube extending between the lever arms, said lever arms beingoperatively coupled to said head deck board, wherein activation of saidmotorized drive assembly causes movement of at least one of said deckboards, wherein detection of said snoring sound actuates said motorizeddrive assembly thereby causing relative movement of said head deck boardwith respect to said seat deck board along a transverse axis of theadjustable bed, between a horizontal flat position and an inclinedposition.
 30. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein said sensorassembly is further adapted to recognize a sound associated with snoringof a particular person.
 31. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein saidrelative movement comprises incremental relative movements of said headdeck board with respect to said seat deck board.
 32. The adjustable bedof claim 29 further comprising a remote control unit configured tocontrol relative movement of said head deck board with respect to saidseat deck board.
 33. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein saidmotorized drive assembly comprises a processor operative to receive asignal from said sensor assembly and when a specific set of logicconditions is met, send a signal to said motorized drive assembly,thereby to cause relative movement of said head deck board.
 34. Theadjustable bed of claim 29 wherein the detection by said sensor assemblyof cessation of said snoring sound for a predetermined length of timeactivates said motorized drive assembly to cause said head deck board tobe moved back from the inclined position to the horizontal flatposition.
 35. The adjustable bed of claim 29 wherein said seat deckboard moves towards said head end rail and lowers when said head deckboard is inclined.
 36. An adjustable bed comprising: a stationary frame;a pair of generally inverted U-shaped foot tubes pivotally secured tosaid frame; a pair of generally inverted U-shaped seat tubes pivotallysecured to said frame; a seat deck board secured to said seat tubes; afoot deck board secured to said foot tubes, a leg deck board hingedlysecured to and positioned between said seat deck board and said footdeck board; a head deck board hingedly secured to said seat deck board;a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with humansnoring; and a motorized drive assembly comprising a pair of lever armspivotally secured to said frame and a motor for rotating a drive tubeextending between the lever arms, said lever arms being operativelycoupled to said head deck board, wherein activation of said motorizeddrive assembly causes said head deck board to move between an inclinedposition and a flat position, wherein detection of said snoring soundactuates said motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movementof said head deck board with respect to at least one other of said deckboards along a transverse axis of the adjustable bed, between ahorizontal flat position and an inclined position.
 37. The adjustablebed of claim 36 further comprising a remote control unit configured tocontrol relative movement of said head deck board with respect to saidseat deck board.
 38. The adjustable bed of claim 36 wherein said seatdeck board, said leg deck board and said foot deck board each moves whensaid head deck board is inclined.
 39. The adjustable bed of claim 36wherein said sensor assembly is further adapted to recognize a soundassociated with snoring of a particular person.
 40. The adjustable bedof claim 36 wherein said motorized drive assembly comprises a processoroperative to receive a signal from said sensor assembly and when aspecific set of logic conditions is met, send a signal to said motorizeddrive assembly, thereby to cause relative movement of said head deckboard.